rapids

英 [ˈræpɪdz]

美 [ˈræpɪdz]

n.  (河的)急流; 湍急的河水

GRE

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牛津词典

noun

• （河的）急流；湍急的河水
  part of a river where the water flows very fast, usually over rocks
  1. to shoot the rapids (= to travel quickly over them in a boat)
     穿过急流

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 急流；险滩
  Rapidsare a section of a river where the water moves very fast, often over rocks.
  1. His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
     他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。

双语例句

• Going through the rapids while in the water increases the excitement!
  在水里穿过急流更增添了刺激的程度！
• With him at the helm, we are a hundred percent safe crossing these treacherous rapids.
  由他掌舵，通过这段激流险滩是万无一失的。
• The laid-back Brown's Canyon run had wide open rapids with huge, fun wave trains.
  柔美的布朗峡谷有着开阔的急流，翻滚着巨大的波浪。
• Webb died while attempting to swim the Whirlpool Rapids under Niagara Falls in 1883.
  在1883年，当Webb尝试穿越尼亚加拉大瀑布下方的Whirlpool急流时，他不幸身亡了。
• Frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls.
  象急流或瀑布的起泡的水。
• Life in the turbulent rapids traversed in stone, many indescribable to build the beautiful.
  生命本该在激流湍石中走过，才构筑出许多不可名状的美好。
• Doulizi beach is the dry rapids in Chuanjiang River.
  川江斗笠子滩为枯水急流滩险。
• Actually, in my analogy, the rapids are the periods of marketplace transformation.
  事实上，按照我的类比，“急流”就是市场转变时期。
• His canoe was there, on the river below the rapids.
  他的独木舟在险滩下面的河水中。
• Some parts of the year, the flow was fast and furious, akin to rapids.
  那年的一些部份，流程很快速的和狂怒的，血族到迅速的。